Surname Korać in modern Croatia

Korać families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Citluk area) and in Zagreb. In Hamzići in Herzegovina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Korać.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Korać live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Karlovac (25), Dubrovnik (25), Split (20), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (3), and to the United States (1).
Family name Korać (including: Korach , Coraci , Korac , Koracha , Korachi , Corach , Corac , Korache , Korachy and Koraci ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Korac " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Korach " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Poland , and some 200 people in Israel. "Coraci " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 300 in Romania , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojana Korać, Ivan Korać, Radomir Korać, Almedina Korać, Želimir Korać, Zvonko Korać, Milanka Korać, Željko Korać, Predrag Korać, Ivo Korać, Petra Korać, Kata Korać, Marko Korać, Dragan Korać, Gorana Korać, Dragutin Korać, Dario Korać, Žarko Korać, Goran Korać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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